If I may, I believe 5:03's comment is in reference to Sugar, the 6-year-old Amstaff/pit bull who went missing earlier this year. Sugar's owner, an EV resident, offered a $5,000 reward for his return. I'm not sure whatever happened with this story and the dog walker.

Sugar "nutjobs"? Why, because they were frantic to get back a beloved family member they'd entrusted to a paid employee, who seems to have done something with the dog but refuses to say what, leaving Sugar's peeps with the endless agony of never knowing what happened to their puppy, but free to imagine the worst? Wow, way to have compassion, Anon. 1:13.

The previous Sugar thread nutjobs are clearly not people who knew and loved the pup. Those threads were unhinged 100+-comment monstrosities of jobber-jabber and speculation about mental wards and PCP by people who seemed to have marginal connections either to Sugar's mom or the dog sitter, who were doing neither party any favors as friends and supporters. Why don't YOU, Gojira, have some compassion for this lost cat and other animals by leaving the insanity of the Sugar story out of their posts.

I *do* have compassion for this kitty, Anon. 10:51, and *I* was not the one to first reference Sugar; Anon. 5:03 (who may even be you) was. I have four rescue cats at home and volunteer at an animal shelter, where I walk dogs, empty litter boxes, and play with and brush pups and kitties. What do *you* do to help?

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